Christmas Day: lasagna (used to be turkey but changed a few years ago)

Both meals also include a green salad and bread. Plus all the cookies, fudge, etc. We also celebrate his mother's birthday Christmas Eve so there are cupcakes before dinner (the fist serving).

Dolma is served twice Christmas Eve - the first is at about 2 or so in the afternoon and the second serving is a "snack" after opening gifts.

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Posted bymikeyBoab(Travel Guru 5077 posts) 11y
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Quoting Isadora

Christmas Day: lasagna (used to be turkey but changed a few years ago)

How does a Turkey change into lasagne? That's some trick . . .

We're having turkey with all the trimmings . . . can't beat it. Unless you have a baton.

To our American friends - is turkey less of a novelty at Christmas there because of Thanksgiving?

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Posted byIsadora(Travel Guru 13926 posts) 11y
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Quoting mikeyBoab

Quoting Isadora

Christmas Day: lasagna (used to be turkey but changed a few years ago)

How does a Turkey change into lasagne? That's some trick . . .

We're having turkey with all the trimmings . . . can't beat it. Unless you have a baton.

To our American friends - is turkey less of a novelty at Christmas there because of Thanksgiving?

I don't think so - you just get to have it twice in a month's time!!!

Nah - wasn't a trick - just had less family members one year so the mother unit asked for lasagna because she didn't want to make a turkey. Once the rest of the family heard about it, it became the dinner of choice. Guess they like my lasagna...

My traditional Christmas dinner includes a large chunk of meat and beer. Veggies are optional. And some sort of DVD. My family doesn't really celebrate Xmas.

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Posted byClarabell(Travel Guru 1696 posts) 11y
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Oh the food! So delicious!

The starter is usually an experiment. I think we're having some kind of goats cheese thing for this year.

My Ma & Pa are vegetarian and our tradition is my wonderful Mum makes this mushroom thing, which is a bit like Beef Wellington but inside the pastry is those big tasty field mushrooms, cooked with onions etc. Its moist and delicious, and in my opinion, far nicer than turkey. We have that with a red wine sauce, and all the yummy veggies: shallots cooked in sour cream, roast parsnips (my fave) sprouts steamed and not overcooked, and of course, roast potatoes, and maybe carrots or green beans too.

In the evening we'll have a lighter buffet style meal of hazlenut and cranberry flan (yum!), various salads, quiches, garlic bread, cheese and biscuits, mince pies trifle, cheesecake, pringles, and whatever else we can stuff down ourselves without puking.

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Posted byIsadora(Travel Guru 13926 posts) 11y
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Hey Isa, can you send me your lasagna recipe, please ?!?!

I sure can, Q - but you'll have to bear with me for about 24 hours... I make my sauce from scratch, though you can use any spaghetti sauce you like. Because I have been doing it for so long, I have no "real" recipe - I just (and almost literally) throw the ingredients into a pot and let it simmer for a few hours. So, I am making sauce tomorrow morning and will write down the amounts. The rest of the ingredients are more straight forward.

My apologies, but I'm not a recipe type cook. Recipes for me are more like jumping off points or outlines.

My Ma & Pa are vegetarian and our tradition is my wonderful Mum makes this mushroom thing, which is a bit like Beef Wellington but inside the pastry is those big tasty field mushrooms, cooked with onions etc. Its moist and delicious, and in my opinion, far nicer than turkey. We have that with a red wine sauce, and all the yummy veggies: shallots cooked in sour cream, roast parsnips (my fave) sprouts steamed and not overcooked, and of course, roast potatoes, and maybe carrots or green beans too.

In the evening we'll have a lighter buffet style meal of hazlenut and cranberry flan (yum!), various salads, quiches, garlic bread, cheese and biscuits, mince pies trifle, cheesecake, pringles, and whatever else we can stuff down ourselves without puking.

Clara, that is the most tempting vegetarian Christmas meal I have ever read! Would have loved to be at your place for Christmas dinner, if strangers were welcome!